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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Paul Lee] Suspicions that Kakao Games employees leaked game update information in advance turned out to be true. The company plans to punish the employee for misconduct to the highest level.
Kakao Games said on the 24th, "We apologize for the deviation of employees in Kakao Games." It is explained that some employees have recently leaked and exploited update information of mobile MMORPG 'Odin'.
"The internal investigation confirmed that the internal employee was responsible, so we excluded the employees from their duties and suspended their accounts permanently," Kakao Games said. "We are preparing for the highest level of disciplinary action." Do it
The employee is known to have distributed the relevant information to his guild members before the Odin update was implemented. It is also suspected that it recommended "hoarding" by informing that the price of some goods in the game will change after the update. The cheating is believed to have taken place on the encryption-based messenger platform "Discode."
Measures to prevent recurrence are also being prepared. "We recognize it as a very serious situation internally," Kakao Games said. "We will carry out overall renewal, including employee management, education, and maintenance of access to important information."
Alphabiz Reporter Paul Lee(hoondork1977@alphabiz.co.kr)
